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VentureNet Iowa matches 17 start-ups with private equity
Des Moines Business Record
November 30, 2009
VentureNet Iowa, an entrepreneurial network created less than two years ago, has provided a collaborative approach toward assisting start-up companies in accessing managerial expertise and capital……..
VentureNet Iowa offers resource network for entrepreneurs
Farm Bureau Federation
May 2009
If you’re starting a business in Iowa, VentureNet Iowa is a name you won’t soon want to forget.
VentureNet Iowa connects start-ups, resources
By Joe Gardysaz
Des Moines Business Record
January 26, 2009
There’s a saying in the venture capital world that if a baconand-egg breakfast represents a business deal, the chicken has an interest in the deal, but the hog is fully committed.
“We’re looking for the ‘hogs,” said John LaMarche, who works to connect Iowa entrepreneurs with the committed management and technical expertise that can help bring their products from the conceptual stages to the marketplace.
VentureNet leads big ideas to market
By Kent Darr
Des Moines Business Record
December 8, 2008
When Ty and Jay Stukenholtz looked into the bio-renewable future, they saw corncobs. Problem was that the 36-year old twin brothers saw the cobs scattered across harvested fi elds, pretty much going to waste.